Definitions for voiceless

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voiceless voice·less

Spelling: [vois-lis]

IPA: /ˈvɔɪs lɪs/

Voiceless is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in voiceless (ceeilossv).

Definitions for voiceless

adjective

1. having no voice; mute.
2. uttering no words; silent.
3. having an unmusical voice.
4. unspoken; unuttered:
5. having no vote or right of choice.
6. Phonetics. without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic (contrasted with voiced): uttered without phonation.

Origin of voiceless

First recorded in 1525-35; voice + -less

Examples for voiceless

The suddenness of it all held Mary voiceless for long seconds.

They were gathered there, Black said, to be a "voice for the voiceless."

He wanted to give a voice to the voiceless, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

He again gave his boy that sidelong look and laughed his voiceless laugh.

She was the tender and voiceless siren of this appalling navigator.

Is giving voice to the voiceless worth less than other work?

And overwhelmingly, the communities who suffer the most are those who are the most vulnerable and voiceless.

I was alone in this voiceless temple of so many wonderful sounds.

Razumov ran forward unsteadily, with parted, voiceless lips.

Human-rights movements have traditionally existed to help the voiceless and those without agency gain progressively more rights.